The Getaway

"You," she told him, struggling for calm, "are worse than a menstruating woman."

He stopped what he was doing and turned, very slowly, to look at her. "What did you just say?"

"You heard me," she hissed softly. "You snarl and snap and order us around as if we are a herd of cattle. You lie, you keep secrets, and you demand trust when you give none back. I have had it with your moodiness and your militant attitude, and if you do not have it in you to be a decent and respectful human being to me, you will be a decent and respectful human being to them, or so help me, I will make you regret ever laying eyes on us."

He only stared at her, unmoved, his face that cold mask she was beginning to hate, and unable to help herself, Lucia reached out, gripped his t-shirt and gave him a good shake. For all the good it would do. "Do we understand each other, cabrón?"

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Lucia Sanchez has stolen two children. Two children who...